The planning application for Project Exodus at Thorpe Park Resort has finally received approval, allowing the proposals for what will become the UK's tallest rollercoaster to at last move forward. Although the plans received unanimous approval at a meeting of the Runnymede Borough Council (RBC) Planning Committee on [...]
Screamfest in Burton-upon-Trent, a popular, must-experience Halloween event in the Staffordshire Moorlands is back once again for the 2022 Halloween season - a year that sees the return of a successful attraction, the end to a Screamfest staple, and a strong line-up of other mazes. Attraction Source was invited to [...]
Thorpe Park Resort have opened the door to guests' deepest, darkest nightmares, with FRIGHT NIGHTS 2022 now underway. With three scare mazes, an audio-based scare experience, three scare zones, roaming actors and scare shows, 2022 sees another well-rounded line-up of attractions and entertainment. Attraction Source was invited to the preview [...]
Thorpe Park Resort’s Project Exodus is reaching the end of the planning stages, with the corresponding planning application placed on the agenda for the 5th October meeting of the Runnymede Planning Committee, with a recommendation to grant permission subject to conditions. The planning officer's report on the application indicates [...]
As outlined in our August update, a period of consultations on the planning application for a new rollercoaster at Thorpe Park Resort, Project Exodus, has seen all potential issues addressed, with the exception of the objections raised by the Environment Agency on the grounds of flood risk. This has delayed [...]
Within the last month, LEGOLAND Windsor Resort have submitted a significant amount of information in relation to two projects outlined in their Long Term Plan (LTP) - phase 1 of the Holiday Village and the associated car parking reconfiguration. This is with the intention of discharging the respective planning conditions [...]
LEGOLAND Windsor Resort have submitted an application for a Lawful Development Certificate for the installation of a new duelling family shuttle coaster. The proposed development will be located to the west of Duplo Valley and to the east of the Mansion House, on the site of the former [...]
As outlined in our June and July updates, the planning application for Project Exodus at Thorpe Park Resort has been subject to a period of consultations, from which a few points requiring further clarification and documentation emerged. Additional documents have been uploaded in relation to these issues, although it still [...]
It has today been confirmed that the World of Jumanji, a new themed land, will open at Chessington World of Adventures Resort in spring 2023. As part of the announcement, two concept images have been released focusing on the area's entrance portal, which is shrouded in the ominous [...]
Roll up! Roll up! Thorpe Park Resort's new for 2022 Carnival event got underway last Friday and Attraction Source were invited by the Resort to sample all that the event has to offer. The main festivities are split across two areas, with there said to be 'two sides [...]
Merlin Entertainments have recently published their financial results for 2021, providing an insight into the business' recovery from the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. With the group operating within the leisure and hospitality industry, one of the industries most significantly impacted by COVID in 2020, [...]
As outlined in our update last month, the planning application for Project Exodus at Thorpe Park Resort continues to progress through the usual post-submission phase of statutory and non-statutory consultations, in order to help inform Runnymede Borough Council’s (RBC) decision on whether or not to approve the proposals. Further documents [...]
